“The creation of the new supportive nonclinical role shows promise in improving patient experiences. The pandemic resulted in lower scores in patient experience across many care settings. This pilot study provides promising information that should be further explored regarding the impact of the Experience Coordinator and the benefit of this role from the
perspective of the nurse.”
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“Nurses play an essential role in delivering quality end-of-life (EOL) or palliative care to patients. This requires a skill set and knowledge that is specialized. Nurse-patient relationships built upon trust facilitate the patients’ adjustment to their illness, ease pain, and can ultimately lead to good death experiences.” (Cheong)
Table 3. Inductive thematic analysis from the in-depth interviews (Cheong)
Continue reading“Because of the diversity of reactions to smartphone deprivation, inpatient psychiatric unit clinicians should be aware of the duality of smartphone use and restriction among adolescents. Fostering youths’ awareness of the advantages and disadvantages of their smartphone use may facilitate behavior change related to problematic phone use after
leaving the hospital.” (Burke)
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“Discharge education is important for general surgical patients to participate and
regain control of their life after discharge. Overcoming barriers to discharge education is essential to enhance patient comprehension and recollection of the information. Discharge education delivered using a patient‐centred approach provides opportunity to engage patients,
foster patient understanding and enhance patients’ ability to self‐manage and could in turn improve their post-discharge outcomes.” (Kang)
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“The development of the discharge lounge has demonstrated significant improvement in five areas:
• Higher patient satisfaction scores
• Increased patient discharges by 2:00 p.m. daily
• Reduced boarding time, or the time patients spend in the ED before being transferred to another unit
• Decreased frequency of 30-day readmissions
• Enhanced identification and correction of potential safety issues”
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